The delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov visited the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and held multilateral talks with the leadership of the Taliban. During the negotiations, the issues of increasing the mutual trade turnover to 1 billion dollars in 2024 and to 3 billion dollars in the near future, organizing an exhibition of Uzbekistan products in Afghanistan, and ensuring the active work of Afghan businessmen in Uzbekistan were discussed.

On August 17, the delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov visited Afghanistan, the press service of the head of government reported.

As part of the visit, bilateral meetings were held with the Prime Minister of Afghanistan Abdul Ghani Barodar, his deputy for administrative affairs Abdul Salam Hanafi, deputy for political affairs Abdul Kabir and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Mutaki.

During the negotiations, it was noted that relations between the countries are based on the principles of friendship, cooperation and good neighborliness, and that Uzbekistan views Afghanistan as an integral and integral part of Central Asia.

During the meetings, they discussed the development of trade relations with Afghanistan, bringing effective cooperation in the field of energy to a new level, implementation of joint development projects of copper, iron, oil and gas fields, as well as transport and logistics, agriculture and water management, education, deepening of interregional relations. exchanged.

It was also emphasized that there are all possibilities to increase the mutual trade turnover to 1 billion dollars in 2024, and to 3 billion dollars in the near future, and for this, it is necessary to consistently implement the unused resources on a mutually beneficial basis.

It was reported that agreements on protection of bilateral investments and preferential trade will give a great impetus to the further development of trade and economic cooperation.

Abdulla Aripov and Abdul Ghani Barodar held a meeting with businessmen from Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.

It was reported that the Preferential Trade Agreement between the two countries will come into effect on October 1. Under this document, import duties on 14 different products will be canceled and exporters will be facilitated.

In order to further increase the import of agricultural products from Afghanistan, the procedure for issuing phytosanitary permits has been eased, the report says.

From August 1, the Ayritom-Khayraton border post was switched to a 24-hour working mode. A 15-day visa-free regime and exemption from all taxes will be introduced for visitors to the International Trade Center of Termiz.

An agreement on mutual promotion and protection of investments was signed between the two countries for the active work of Afghan businessmen in Uzbekistan.

The delegation of the Uzbek government took part in the official opening ceremony of the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan business forum and the Made in Uzbekistan exhibition organized in Kabul.

Textile, leather and footwear products, carpets, fruits and vegetables, electrical engineering and cable products, automotive and agricultural equipment, metallurgy, petrochemical and many other types of finished products of enterprises operating in Uzbekistan are displayed at the exhibition.

The Made in Uzbekistan exhibition, which started on August 17, will continue until August 21.

We remind you that in March of this year, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov held talks with the interim government of Afghanistan in Kabul. In the communication , trade, transit, development of investments, cooperation in the field of water resources use and other issues were touched upon in Afghanistan.